PSO2 NGS 11-28 Headline Breakdown - Xmas Cheer or Xmas Jeer?

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[@RatikusuCh]

I'm so busy lately with sandboxy stuff right now so coming back to NGS is kinda on the backburner for me for now. Hopefully we get some great content in 2024

[@AmaranHonda]

Kinda sad they didn't do Christmas in Kvaris, it would've been such an easy home run. Also a shame that Sony took away the ability to upload on to X, can't really get my ARKS id for Festival...

[@Zeomantic]

Would have been kind of cliche but I don't think most people would have minded. Central and Retem cities are the main population hubs on Halpha while the other two "town" areas are just forward operating bases for the most part.

[@theoaremevano3227]

I'm so happy about the Soaring Blades change. :D They did seem to indicate they're continuing to do the same for more classes later on. I wonder if later sets for Tech Artes Customization might have some type-0 ones.
Leciel update sounds promising. Flugel drops, so there's an endgame incentive. Then we also get more cases of Octo and Versh drops which might help actually get fixas on them? Finally the exchange is being updated too. :)

[@enkotsuyoki4344]

2:43 God, please, shut it! One step at the time. Even Launchers need a piece of the cake if you ask me. Sheesh!
Good stuff, tho. Keep it.

[@Zeomantic]

I think that could be said for a lot of weapons/classes, but bouncers arguably needed it the most.

[@DR4kH1N]

All I could picture in my mind when I saw the Bouncer announcement was TE mains drowning while everyone else is happy. We NEED a decent TE class! S/D isn't even busted like weak bullet and they just handed a ridiculous power boost to Rangers, so what's the excuse here?
Also the new quest wasn't even mentioned... Yikes... Are they apologizing about the game's pace again soon? Sounds like we might need, I dunno, a new director since things are STILL moving at snail's pace. Last time the excuse was covid and that they had to catch up and set up the world of halpha for two years, but it seems like we're STILL moving slowly across every region AGAIN, is this new area even coming soon!?

[@Zeomantic]

An unfortunate case of red-headed stepchild syndrome since Phantasy Star isn't a flagship franchise like Sonic or Yakuza. I haven't touched TE in weeks, and the majority of my DFS wins have been on Slayer. Don't get me started on the goddamn button bloat either!

[@Vexal50]

yeah, both Force and Techter are rather....underwhelming at the moment, I actually wouldn't be surprised if they were the next classes to get reworks. Bouncer *really* needs this however.
SB in particular really needed an overhaul since its original design was not only nerfed before release (Bouncer trailer had photon blades being able to be used while using JB PAs. This never made it into the release version of Bouncer), but it got nerfed due to other classes using SB's tools better than Bouncer does via the multiweapon system. JB Element Set meanwhile was hilarious busted at release, but they ended up overnerfing it to the point Element Set is just buried in the ground, and ever since the class has just felt like an incomplete and overlooked class that has to rely on *a literal exploit* for one of its weapons to do decent damage. Things got even worse for JB when they added the ability for both weapons to use the same Potency, as it just made SBs have Jet Intensity at full power, and if you decide to play JB as your main weapon? Better hope you learn how to use the aforementioned exploit named BAPS while also mixing in your JB moves. A rework for Bouncer has been a long time coming.